Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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Blatnik assists Fox and Meeker in dispersing routine business of the day at the Bureau of Appointments. All of the graduating seniors hopefully frequent this office day by day. Mr. Irvin, the university ' s business manager, pauses momen- tarily on stairway in Old Main to exchange a morning greeting. Health Service personnel of Vogel, Breeding, Dr. Cooper, Jontz, Shea, and Staker try to prevent and cure all of the physical ailments of affected students. Much of the Success of a School Is Dependent Upon Its ROUTine RDffliniSTRRTIOn What happens behind the scenes in the various offices at I.S.N.U. is not necessarily a secret, but no one seems to know much about them except the capable people who work in these busy places. They have something of a quiet efficiency that does not expect the fanfare of noisy publicity. The registrar ' s office is a buzz of activity. Everyone has distinc- tive activities, yet they all work together like a body of beavers. Files and more files . . . clicking typewriters and have we any carbon paper? . . . important records and the dean is busy now . . . The important job of a college registrar is held by Miss Elsie Brenneman. Others who work in this office are Miss Feme Melrose, recorder and Miss Lottie Boundy, secretary to the Dean. Miss Zanni, secretory to registrar; Miss Boundy, programmer and secretary for Dean Schroeder; Miss Kelley, assistant registrar, and Miss Melrose, recorder. Bookstore staff Henderson, Berner, Howmiller, Miss Henline as director, DeBarr, and Gathmonn. This is a typical scene at the end of any current semester. 20

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Head of the Dean of Women ' s office is Dean O. Lillian Barton. A member R. H. Linkms, Dean of Men, extends the services of his office as well of the faculty for 36 years, Miss Barton has grown up with the school. as his own personal attention to the problems of the men at all times. Capable Assistant to Miss Barton is Dean Anna L. Keaton, who devotes Director of Training Schools and Appointments Bureau is Dr. J. W. Carring- much time to the improvement of student social life and welfare conditions. ton. He needs your credentials whether Uncle Sam needs you or not. Eliminating overlapping and unifying all the courses into an effective Final Authority on one ' s likelihood of either graduating this June or coherence is the job of the Director of Integration, Mr. F. T. Goodier. not is Miss Elsie Brenneman, Registrar. Underclassmen: Don ' t be caught short. 19

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Those in the Business Office who watch the debits and credits are McKittrick, Russell, Roseman, and Clem. They also care for the accounts of the various clubs. If we could take a popularity contest of the places most fre- quented by seniors and graduating sophomores, the Bureau of Appointments would undoubtedly rank first in line. (Even the Co-op would have to take a back seat.) Here the hopes and fears of tomorrow ' s teachers are all nicely filed away in the form of credentials that are so efficiently organized that even the most super of superintendents are impressed. Another popular place, especially at the beginning and end of each semester, is the bookstore. Miss Ruth Henline and five student helpers have charge of checking books in and out, and they ' ll sell you the Winged Horse Anthology for 50c. Throat sore? Can ' t sleep? Don ' t feel up to par? Then Dr. Rachel Cooper ' s office is the place for you. Around this office in Cook Hall revolves the health of about fourteen hundred and fifty students. Dr. Cooper and Mrs. Staker do a fine job with this vital function. The heating plant, the janitorial service, and the grounds and utility services come under the supervision of the business admin- istration. Mr. Lawrence Irwin heads this. There they are . . . the oil that makes the machinery of edu- cation run smoothly . . . the routine administration of I.S.N.U. This is the quintet that has the job of taking the chill out of our classrooms on cold mornings — Ramseyer, Hill, Foltz, Kniery, and Mead the Chief Engineer. Speers, Beckley, and Craig comprise the hard-working Utility Crew. Here they are operating on the Index Office making practical work tables for us. Hansen, Paxton, Dunn, Rhoades, McGuire, Rein, Supervisor of Grounds, and Schmalz. Below — Bedinger, Barclay, Zook, Miller, Upperman, Lawson, Supervisor of Buildings, Rice, Thompson, Calhoon, Lewis, Nice, Hollingsworth, Million, and Gaines. Frank Janick and Mr. Kiper, watchmen, exchange the keys at midnight. 21